Teacher Ties Up Loud Students At Elementary School

HICKORY, North Carolina - When four kids became too loud in their third-grade classroom at Southwest Elementary, their substitute teacher employed a rather asinine form of punishment. She made the kids stand up in class then tied them together with a jump rope. Using the rope as a leash, she led the crying kids down a ramp into a playground where she left them for half an hour. She told them she wanted them to know what jail felt like. Obviously, parents are pissed. The Hickory City School District said the substitute, who has been in the school system since 2004, acted in an inappropriate manner and no longer works in the schools there. I do not agree with what the teacher did, but man that punishment is WEAK when compared to the shit they would do to you in the ’70s. I’d take a trip to the playground over the Board of Education any day of the week. [Read more...]

Asst. Principal Olayinka Alege Likes Guy’s Toes

Tampa Bay, Florida When ever an educational story crosses the wire, my interest is automatically piqued, especially when the topic turns into pro-active measures to increase curricular accountability.  All levels of education are extremely important – from elementary school all the way through high school (and college). And although most elementary and Jr. High students don’t really mind having to attend school to study and learn, a contingent of high school students only show up because they have to or they simply enjoy the “social” aspects of being around their peers. So the battle ensues:  How do you make a high school student accountable for their failing grades?  Well, some parents are raising their eyebrows at the method of punishment Asst. Principal for Curriculum Olayinka Alege has chosen. [Read more...]

Dawn Schrock Fails At Caregiving

…and parenting.

Captioned on her MyspaceMySpace…’Drop and give me 20”

Johnstown, PA–‘Drop and give me 20′ was a phrase often used in 19-year-old Dawn Schrock’s household. She commanded her mentally disabled younger brother to do push-ups when he talked back or played his music too loud. PushPush reviews-ups were probably the kindest punishment she doled out to him. Withholding food may be the worst. At 6′5″, her 18-year-old brother weighed all of 118 pounds. Her brother wasn’t the only victim of abuse and neglect…her 6-month-old baby boy also suffered. [Read more...]

Stephen Berkner Is A Real Dick

MINNEAPOLIS ― He has been accused of abusing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son. The abuse ranges from hitting the boy in the face, bending his fingers back until he screamed, smothering him with a pillow and get this, putting a bug in his mouth.

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